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-- To make no bones. See under Bone, n. -- To make no difference, to have no weight or influence; to be a matter of indifference. -- To make no doubt, to have no doubt. -- To make no matter, to have no weight or importance; to make no difference. -- To make oath (Law), to swear, as to the truth of something, in a…

Extreme evilness of nature or influence; perniciousness; heinousness; as, the malignity of fraud. [R.]

The process of making mammonish; the state of being under the influence of mammonism.

Under the influence of Mars; courageous; bold. [Obs.] Chaucer.

An evidence of presence, agency, or influence; a significative token; a symptom; a trace; specifically, a permanent impression of one's activity or character. The confusion of tongues was a mark of separation. Bacon.

Determined extent, not to be exceeded; limit; allotted share, as of action, influence, ability, or the like; due proportion. Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days. Ps. xxxix. 4.

Done as if by a machine; uninfluenced by will or emotion; proceeding automatically, or by habit, without special intention or reflection; as, mechanical singing; mechanical verses; mechanical service.

esence of without contact; to come close to; to intercept; to come within the perception, influence, or recognition of; as, to meet a train at a junction; to meet carriages or persons in the street; to meet friends at a party; sweet sounds met the ear. His daughter came out to meet him. Judg. xi. 34.…

we nobly meliorate. Denham. The pure and bening light of revelation has had a meliorating influence on mankind. Washington.

Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken. Thou would'st have . . . melted down thy youth. Shak. For pity melts the mind to love. Dryden.

One under the influence of Mercury; one resembling Mercury in character.

A person subjected to mesmeric influence; one who is mesmerized. [R.]

he power og changing color at will by the expansion of special pigment cells, under nerve influence, as seen in many reptiles, fishes, etc. Cope.

ially applied to the recrystallization which sedimentary rocks have undergone through the influence of heat and pressure, after which they are called metamorphic rocks.

Influenced by the weather; as, meteoric conditions.

Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as, mobile features.

Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration. Matters of great moment. Shak. It is an abstruse speculation, but also of far less moment and consequence of us than the others. Bentley.

The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism.

As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a lunatic. [Obs.] Middleton.

Mentally affected or deranged by the supposed influence of the moon; lunatic.